Data sources and methods carbon dioxide emissions from a consumption perspective indicator: chapter 3

3. Data

3.1 Data source

The data were retrieved in April 2016 from the October 2015 version of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's production- and consumption-based CO₂ emissions estimates.

It should be noted that Statistics Canada also publishes estimates of greenhouse gas emissions by final demand category in its physical flow accounts data. There are differences between those two data sets, the most significant being that in developing its estimates Statistics Canada makes the assumption that the resource requirements to produce goods and services abroad are the same as if they were produced in Canada. The source selected for this indicator takes into consideration that those resource requirements do vary across countries.

3.2 Spatial coverage

The indicator provides global coverage. The database from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development covers 61 countries, while the rest of the world is comprised in a single entry.

3.3 Industry coverage

The industry classification used in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development database is based on the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 3.

3.4 Temporal coverage

The indicator provides information annually from 1995 to 2011.

3.5 Data completeness

The analysis covers only combustion-based emissions of carbon dioxide.

3.6 Data timeliness

The data are current up to 2011, the latest year for which the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Inter-Country Input-Output Tables were available at the time of production of this indicator.